#E9CA6D#E9CA6D

#E9CA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CA6D
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -0.44, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 49.95, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0027 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4873, 60.6716, 23.1478)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CA6D #6D8CE9

analogous

#E98C6D #E9CA6D #CAE96D

triadic

#E9CA6D #6DE9CA #CA6DE9

tetradic

#E9CA6D #6DE98C #6D8CE9 #E96DCA

square

#E9CA6D #6DE98C #6D8CE9 #E96DCA

split-complementary

#E9CA6D #6DCAE9 #8C6DE9

monochromatic

#BF961D #E1B738 #E9CA6D #F1DDA2 #F9F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E9CA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E9CA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CA6D

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CA6D	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d999',
    500: '#e9ca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ca6d;
$custom-light: #f2d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8465,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CA6D

secondary

#3C5DBE

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CA6D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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